There was a deathly silence in the air, and the emperor's hands were trembling. He rubbed his fingers on Qi Mingzhe's back, waiting for changes.

The emperor was almost certain that the terrible word "Di" and tiger head pattern would appear on Qi Mingzhe's back.

He will be a disgrace to himself throughout his life.

However, surprisingly, Qi Mingzhe had nothing on his back.

Qi Mingzhe's shoulders shook and his body trembled, looking thin and pitiful.

The emperor dripped some more medicine and applied it on Qi Mingzhe's back with greater force.

Still nothing!

The emperor's hands trembled even more violently, his heart began to pound wildly, and tears were almost coming out.

There was no mark on Prince Xin's back at all.

"Ling Mohan, come in." The emperor shouted excitedly to the outside.

Everyone in the hall was confused for a moment, and Ling Mohan strode in.

Si Yan whispered in Yun Li's ear, "Go call Yun Ya, Yun Qiao, and Si Ru over."

At this moment, Wei Shu turned his head slightly and glanced at Si Yan.

Everyone realized that things didn't seem that simple.

After a while, the emperor and Ling Mohan came out from the side hall.

The emperor walked to the high seat and sat down, slamming the table: "Si Yan, there is no mark on Prince Xin's back at all."

The air pressure in the hall suddenly dropped and everyone was stunned for a moment. Could it be that Prince Xin was His Majesty's son?

When Xinya heard this, she suddenly felt like she came back to life.

She knew it must be Wei Shu!

It must be something that Wei Shu did.

Xinya tidied up her messy hair, looking pitiful.

"Your Majesty, look... look... this Si Yan is really trying to get rid of Prince Xin! To achieve her goal, she will do anything to get rid of it. She even found all the slaves who served me more than 20 years ago.

"But this servant is full of nonsense, slandering me and Prince Xin. Si Yan wants to get rid of Prince Xin and make Prince Yong the only heir to your majesty!"

Xinya's crying was deafening, making the emperor upset.

He already didn't trust Xinya, but now, he didn't know who to trust.

Xin Ya cried and wailed, "Your Majesty! Prince Yong is already the crown prince, and they are still not satisfied. They want Your Majesty to lose Prince Xin and make Your Majesty experience the pain of losing a son once again.

"They are truly scheming and ruthless! They want to kill the two princes I bore to Your Majesty."

The emperor couldn't help but feel sad when he thought of Prince Chen's death.

Although the identity of Prince Xin was questionable, Prince Chen was his biological son.

Prince Chen looks like him, but he's useless...

The emperor said angrily: "Si Yan, if you don't give me an explanation today, I will never let you off easily."

The atmosphere in the hall became tense, and Si Zhengxuan raised his eyes slightly and glanced at his daughter.

Si Yan walked towards Nanny Su calmly, "Nanny Su, is the mark on Prince Xin's body on his back?"

Nanny Su's face turned pale as she replied, "My Lord, it was on Prince Xin's back. I remember it clearly, but for some reason, the mark has disappeared..."

The emperor said in a low voice, "I have just asked Ling Mohan to go in and take a look. No matter how much medicine is applied, there is no tiger head mark on Prince Xin's back. This proves that everything you, this cunning slave, said is false."

Nanny Su shuddered all over: "Your Majesty, everything this slave said is true! This slave saw it with her own eyes, it can't be false..."

Xin Ya rushed over, grabbed Nanny Su's hair, and began to tear it apart. "It can't be fake? It can't be fake? Prince Xin clearly doesn't have any marks on his back, and you still say it's fake?"

"what--"

Nanny Su cried out in pain as Xinya grabbed her hair so tightly that her scalp was about to fall off.

Nanny Su was also unwilling to give in. She grabbed Xinya's hair and tore it, causing Xinya to scream in pain.

Han Hu quickly sent someone forward to forcibly separate the two.

The emperor stared at Si Yan coldly: "Speak! Si Yan, was it you who asked this cunning slave to come and slander Prince Xin?"

Si Yan looked up at the emperor, the expression on his face was like the snow on the top of a mountain that never melts all year round, even under the scorching sun.

"Your Majesty, it was I who suggested applying the potion to Prince Xin. If I really wanted Nanny Su to slander Prince Xin, would I have asked you to check if there was a mark on Prince Xin's back?"

Si Yan's short words calmed the emperor down.

Yes, if Prince Xin had no marks on his body, Si Yan would never have let him check.

The emperor became confused again, and only heard Si Yan say slowly: "Perhaps, the mark on Prince Xin's body has been erased. Since there is a potion that can reveal it, there must be a potion that can remove it."

"Haha!" Xin Ya's face was filled with sarcasm. "You say it can be revealed, so it can be revealed. You say it can be eliminated, so it can be eliminated. My identity as the dignified prince of Daxuan is well-documented in the inner palace, and yet you just open your mouth and slander me however you want."

Suddenly, a cold voice sounded: "Sister Yan is right, this kind of mark can indeed be removed."

Outside the door, a girl of about twelve or thirteen walked in. She looked up at Xin Ya and her gaze fell on Wei Shu's back.

"I can give you an experiment." Si Ru stepped forward and looked up at Ling Mohan, "Brother Mohan, have someone hold this guy down."

Ling Mohan nodded and immediately sent someone to capture Wei Shu.

Wei Shu immediately started struggling: "What are you doing? What are you going to do?"

These marks are his proof of his identity as a member of the royal family of Beimang Kingdom. If they are removed, no one will recognize him.

Only those who are expelled from the royal family will have the mark removed.

This potion for removing marks was specially made by the royal family of Beimang Kingdom. No one has been able to crack it for hundreds of years.

Do they have such a potion now?

Ling Mohan's men held Wei Shu down tightly. Si Ru took out a small red porcelain bottle and poured some potion on Wei Shu's back.

The hall fell silent, only Wei Shu was struggling desperately, but to no avail.

Everyone was surprised to find that the mark on Wei Shu's back was slowly disappearing.

Someone exclaimed: "The color has become lighter..."

"The word Di is gone."

"The tiger head pattern is gone too." Everyone pointed at Wei Shu's back and started talking.

Si Yan spoke slowly: "Your Majesty, it is obvious that someone used a potion to make the mark on Prince Xin's back disappear."

"That's pure nonsense!" Prince Xin Qi Mingzhe's lips trembled. "Wei Shu is an aide to Prince Chen's palace. He has never had any dealings with me, let alone touched my back. Si Yan, don't rely on your father's trust in you to speak nonsense!"

"Your Highness Prince Xin, just because you don't have contact with Wei Shu doesn't mean you don't have contact with others. Wei Shu's men have spies all over Prince Xin's mansion. It's very easy for them to put some medicine on your back while you're bathing."

Prince Xin flicked his sleeves and said, "Si Yan, you are simply spreading rumors and misleading the people! Father, please don't fall into her trap."

The emperor looked gloomy and said nothing.

Si Yan spoke slowly, "Your Majesty, we can still investigate Prince Xin's identity. As long as he is a member of the Beimang Kingdom's royal family, he will definitely have the mark of his family on him."

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